by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Lessons
Adam Neeely – is a famous youtuber and bass guitar player. He lives in New York City and in his blog he teaches tips and tricks on how to improve both at bass guitar and music theory. In this particular video he very well explains the science behind...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Lessons
Born in Australia in 1962, Michael “Flea” Balzary started out as a jazz enthusiast. He was a talented trumpeter growing up. In high school, Flea turned to punk and rock. He formed the Red Hot Chili Peppers with three friends from high school. The band had...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Lessons
Two effects pedals for the electric bass guitar that more or less manipulate time are delay and reverb. The delay or echo effect is basically achieved by recording an input signal, storing it, and then replaying it over and over again. The controls on a delay pedal...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Lessons
The invention of bass guitar pedals of course would not happen without the invention of the electric bass guitar. Before electric bass guitars came into existence and became standard in popular music, bassists had no other option but to play the double bass. The...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Bass Pedals
The wah pedal creates a distinctive sound effect which is usually described as being vowel-like. This is basically done by altering parts of the frequency within the audio signal. The wah pedal usage on bass Most people associate the wah pedal with the electric...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Bass Pedals
The bass synth pedal simulates the sounds that come from analog synthesizers, such as the famous Moog Synthesizer which was big in the 1970’s. Bass synth pedals hit the market only about a decade or so ago. Synth pedals for bass, for the most part, produce some...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Bass Pedals
Multi-effects pedals (a.k.a. multi-effects processors) for bass are a much more convenient and economical choice for bass players. They’re more convenient because you get a lot of effects on one device and they’re more economical because you get a lot of...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Bass Pedals
The flanger effect for bass is created in a similar manner to the chorus effect, in that it mixes two or more audio signals together. This process is called modulation. Flanger is also similar to the chorus, in that harmony plays a part in creating the effect....
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Bass Pedals
Two bass guitar pedals that more or less affect the bass in a subtle or complementary way are the bass equalizer pedal and the bass octave pedal. Equalizer is another filter effect because it involves altering parts of the audio signal’s frequency. Equalizer...
by Trevis Derrick | Aug 21, 2018 | Bass Pedals
The bass compressor pedal is basically used to the moderate volume by compressing the audio signal that goes from the electric bass to the amplifier. For the most part, the compressor effect is not very noticeable. It is, however, a very useful and popular effect...
